Dr Hong Cai

Dr Hong Cai is a lecturer at The School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, The University of Adelaide. Her main research interests include translation studies, Chinese linguistics and studies in second language acquisition of Mandarin Chinese.

She teaches Chinese languages and linguistics to undergraduate students and translation theories and professional interpreting to MA students in the MATTC program (Master of Arts [Translation and Transcultural Communication]).

Hanban (The Office of Chinese Language Council International, China) research grant for a project on the Development of Chinese Tests in Australia, which is a part of the Global Development of Chinese Proficiency Tests, May 2014 – July 2014;

School of Languages and Cultures Postgraduate Research Support (The University of Queensland) for fieldwork and thesis related activities, 2009 –2014;